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Happy Birthday 2012 crisp!

Happy Birthday John!

Happy Birthday BF!

Here's an article on today's parade for the Argos. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410367 ***** The Als have fired Jeff Reinebold. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410414

Thanks guys!

Does the Monk Quartet Complete Columbia box include everything from the Complete Live at the It Club double CD release?

Here's his LA Times obit. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-marvin-miller-20121128,0,7875985,full.story I don't like what pro sports has become, primarily because most people can no longer afford the tickets. But post-free agency, there is no doubt that the teams as well as the players are making a lot more money.

Here's more on the Grey Cup. http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/11/25/argos-close-out-magical-season-in-toronto-with-grey-cup-victory/ http://www.canada.com/sports/football/cfl/Bieber+booed+Lightfoot+lauded+during+splashy+Grey+halftime/7608071/story.html http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4546191 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2012/11/27/20387281.html http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2012/11/26/20386541.html http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410346 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410294 http://www.canada.com/sports/football/cfl/Argos+defensive+Ricky+Foley+named+Grey+Cups+most+outstanding/7608215/story.html http://www.canada.com/sports/football/cfl/Kackert+comes+through+Argonauts/7608285/story.html http://www.canada.com/sports/football/cfl/Bieber+booed+Lightfoot+lauded+during+splashy+Grey+halftime/7610031/story.html

Down the Road by The Cadillacs was one of my sister's first records. I remember it vaguely, though I haven't heard it in over fifty years. RIP

To be fair, a lot of those rock 'n' rollers' appeal was their youth. Now they're turning 70, and they're not young and good looking anymore.

Here's an article about last night's halftime performer, Justin Bieber, getting booed by the fans! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/26/justin-bieber-booed-in-native-canada-by-football-fans/?intcmp=features

Presently, this title is "JR Ewing - the actor who played Larry Hagman - is dead now." Some of us would have said, "Larry Hagman - the actor who played JR Ewing - is dead now."

100th Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts 35....Calgary Stampeders 22 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410276 http://www.canada.co...8207/story.html http://slam.canoe.ca...3/20380716.html Chad Kackert had a heck of a game for the Argos, and the Stamps offense never got going. The final score is closer than the game would justify.

Final score: Toronto Argonauts 35....Calgary Stampeders 22 So the tie breaker is 57 points, and that means that our winner is soulstation1! Congratulations ss1! You have your choice. I will as promised send you the Mosaic gift certificate. But last year (or the year before) I found a prize that would suit you even more, and if you prefer I will give you that. It's your choice, but I won't tell you what your options are! My condolences to John Tapscott, who for much of the fourth quarter looked like he would win the contest, until Calgary scored a meaningless touchdown at the end. Thanks for playing everyone! ss1, PM me your address and your choice of either the Mosaic gift certificate or the surprise just for you.

The contest is now closed. Good luck everyone!

4 Globe picks http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/who-will-win-the-100th-grey-cup-the-globes-team-make-their-picks/article5639875/

The announcer is now saying that the kickoff is set for 6:40 pm eastern.

Here are the latest odds for the game. The Stampeders are a 1.5 point favorite. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=81592

Dan Ralph is picking the Argos! http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/11/25/cfl-pick-look-for-ricky-ray-to-calmly-lead-argos-to-victory/

aloc, Noj already has Calgary and 80. Do you want to make it the next highest available? aloc, if I don't hear from you before the deadline, I will assign you Calgary and 85, OK? The bar across the street doesn't open until 7:00 pm tomorrow. Who ever heard of such a thing? They said they would let me watch the game on the NBC Sports channel, so I guess I will listen to the radio broadcast on the internet, and then go over during halftime to watch the second half.

Larry Hagman http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/24/dallas-legend-larry-hagman-dead-at-81/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews ***** Bonnie the Mouseketeer http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bonnie-lynn-fields-20121120,0,156446.story ***** Deborah Raffin http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-deborah-raffin-20121122,0,249524.story ***** Jeff Kaye - voice for NFL Films http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jeff-kaye-20121123,0,420810.story ***** Cleve Duncan http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-cleve-duncan-20121117,0,2158175.story ***** Lucille Bliss - voice of Crusader Rabbit, Elroy Jetson http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lucille-bliss-20121115,0,3130903.story

This thread has been pretty slow of late. I sure hope Amazon and their competitors come up with some ideas for Christmas!

I forgot to say that two weeks ago I heard the title track Wisteria on Sirius about 10:15 am. It's not often you hear an ECM on Sirius, but this didn't seem out of place.

At his State of the League speech today, Marc Cohon said that only two teams lost money this year. Presumably Hamilton is one of them. Normally I would expect that Toronto would be the other, and he did say that the southern Ontario market is a work in progress, but maybe the Argos broke even due to the fact that they are hosting the Grey Cup this year. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410113

Hardbopjazz, unless you say otherwise, I will assign you Calgary and 20 points.